This is probably not a GREAT example, but I have to share my experience of
visiting the Musée Oceanographique in Monaco back in 1992 (happened to be
there on Grand Prix Day, too!)  I was highly amused to find, among the
wonderful displays of sea life, a video playing with a chef deftly preparing
the very fish on display!  Voila! Regardez-vous les poissons, and here is a
nice sauté of them in butter and wine.  J'aime les Francaise!

Maybe exhibits with conflicting messages?

On 2/4/05 1:44 PM, "Cheryl Kramer" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I do not know if this really fits the bill, but I have my Museology
> students think about memorials and we look at the Simon Wiesenthal
> Center, the Civil Rights Institute, the Hiroshima Memorial Peace Park
> and the proposals for the World Trade Center Memorial.  These are not
> controversial exhibitions, but they bring up a number of topics for
> discussions on ethics that are related.
> 
> Best,
> Cheryl
> 
> 
> On Thursday, Feb 3, 2005, at 17:20 America/New_York, Keni Sturgeon
> wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I have two separate and slightly related questions.  I have been
>> teaching an introduction to museums course for the past three years.
>> One of the assignments I have students do is research and present on a
>> Controversial Exhibit or an ethical dilemma.  This works well when my
>> enrollment is down, but the course is gaining in popularity and I'm
>> running out of controversial exhibits.  I'm wondering what exhibits
>> members of the list could suggest.  They are covering "Enola Gay",
>> "Sensation", and "Old Glory, the American Flag in Contemporary Art" as
>> well as some controversial exhibit topics, such as sex, Mapplethorpe,
>> and displaying nudes.  What other exhibits come to mind?
>> 
>> Second, I am looking for suggestions for museum videos.  Not videos
>> with museums, or videos by museums about their collections/exhibits,
>> but videos about a museum.  I have one from The Heard Museum, which is
>> great, and I have some recordings from the PBS series "Great Museums"
>> (some episodes are helpful, others not so much).  Any suggestions?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Keni Sturgeon
>> Jensen Arctic Museum
>> Western Oregon University
>> Monmouth, OR 97361
>> 
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